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{{also|daß|dass.|daſs}}

==English==

===Etymology===
Compare {{m|en|dare}}, {{m|en|darest}}, {{m|en|dast}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/dæs/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dass.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|æs|s=1}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|archaic}} To [[dare]].
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Timothy's Quest|page=58|author=w:Kate Douglas Wiggin|passage=We all looked at one 'nother, 'n' I thought for a second somebody 'd laugh, but nobody '''dassed''', 'n' there warn'ta sound in the room 's Aunt Beccy sot down agin' without movin' a muscle in her face.|year=1890}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1904|title=Sequil Or Things Whitch Aint Finished in the First|page=8|author=w:Henry A. Shute|passage=Gim scrached a line in the dirt and told Will not to '''dass''' to step over it and then Will put a chip on his sholeder and told Gim not to '''dass''' to nock it off}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=To the credit of the sea|page=72|author=Lawrence Mott|year=1907|passage="Ay, an' lost me th' ship, 'cause I'd never '''dassed''' take her wi' only twenty barrel o' bait, 'f I'd knowed th' new law. I hain't got much money, Mr. Burberry, an' there's the missils an' kiddies to house an' dress an' feed.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Gray lady and the birds: stories of the bird year for home and school|page=41|author=Mabel Osgood Wright|year=1907|passage=You weren't smart to refuse; you could have had a peep inside the General's house, maybe, and I don't believe she'd '''dassed''' said a word about birds on hats, with one of the company wearing 'em!}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1933|author=w:Sammy Lerner; theme from|title=[[w:Popeye the Sailor#Theme song|Popeye the Sailor]]:
|passage='' "If anyone '''dasses''' to risk my fist, it's Boff! and it's Wham! Understand?"''}}

===See also===
* {{l|en|dassn't}}
* {{l|en|dast}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=adss|DSAs|SDAs|ASDs|SADs|assd.|SDAS|ASDS|sads|SSAD|SADS}}

==German==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|de|daß||older spelling}}
* {{alter|de|daſs||older antiqua spelling used instead of ''daß''; older fraktur spelling in Heyse's spelling}}
* {{alter|de|dasz||obsolete}}
* {{alter|de|das||obsolete}}
* {{alter|de|dat||nonstandard, colloquial, dialectal}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|de|goh|daz}}, from {{der|de|gem-pro|*þat}}. Compare {{cog|nl|dat}}, {{cog|en|that}}. Distinction from {{m|de|das}} is purely orthographical convention.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|/das/}}
* {{audio|de|De-dass.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|de|as|s=1}}
* {{homophones|de|das}}

===Conjunction===
{{head|de|conjunction}}

# {{lb|de|subordinating}} [[that]]
#: {{ux|de|Ich habe gehört, '''dass''' du krank bist.|t=I was told '''that''' you are sick.}}
# {{lb|de|subordinating|chiefly|colloquial}} [[so that]]
#: {{syn|de|damit|sodass|q1=standard usage}}
#: {{ux|de|Beeil dich, '''dass''' wir bald losfahren können.|t=Hurry up '''so that''' we can take off soon.}}

====Usage notes====
* {{U:de:dass}}<ref>{{R:GNV|dass,daß|corpus=20}}</ref>

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:Duden}}
* {{R:DWDS}}

{{cln|de|subordinating conjunctions}}

==Luxembourgish==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|lb|/das/|[dɑs]}}
* {{rhymes|lb|ɑs|s=1}}

===Conjunction===
{{head|lb|conjunction}}

# {{alternative form of|lb|datt}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Etymology===
From {{der|nb|de|das}} {{m|de|Haus}} or {{m|de|Häuschen}} ("The (little) house", euphemistically omitting the main word [[outhouse|(out)house]]).

===Noun===
{{nb-noun-m1}} <br>
{{nb-noun-n3}}

# {{lb|nb|colloquial}} [[toilet]], [[crapper]]
#: {{ux|nb|Husk å vaske '''dassen'''!|Remember to clean the '''toilet'''!}}
# {{lb|nb|pejorative}} a [[jerk]]
#: {{ux|nb|Din '''dass'''!|You '''jerk'''!|inline=1}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|toilet}} {{l|nb|do}}, {{l|nb|toalett}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nb|utedass}}

===References===
* {{R:Dokpro|lang=nb}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Etymology===
From {{der|nn|de|das}} {{m|de|Haus}} or {{m|de|Häuschen}} ("The (little) house").

===Noun===
{{nn-noun-m1}} <br>
{{nn-noun-n1}}

# {{lb|nn|colloquial}} [[toilet]]

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|toilet}} {{l|nn|do}}, {{l|nn|toalett}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nn|utedass}}

===References===
* {{R:Dokpro|lang=nn}}

==Swedish==
{{wikipedia|lang=sv}}
[[File:Åkeshovs_smedstuga,_2019h,_utedass.jpg|thumb|400px|ett dass]]

===Etymology 1===
Contraction of {{der|sv|de|[[das]] [[Haus]]||the house}}

====Noun====
{{sv-noun|n}}

# an [[outhouse]]
#: {{syn|sv|utedass}}
#: {{ux|sv|gå på '''dass'''|go to the '''outhouse'''}}
# {{lb|sv|colloquial}} a [[toilet]] (more generally)

=====Declension=====
{{sv-infl-noun-n-zero}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|sv|avträde}}
* {{l|sv|hemlighus}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|sv|dasspapper||toilet paper}} (colloquial)
* {{l|sv|dassig}}

===Etymology 2===
{{rfe|sv}}

====Noun====
{{sv-noun|c}}

# a [[hyrax]], any species in the {{taxfmt|Hyracoidea|order}} order
#: {{synonyms|sv|hyrax|q1=more common}}

=====Declension=====
{{sv-infl-noun-c-ar}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|sv|klippdass}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}

{{C|sv|Hyraxes}}